2012–13 Pittsburgh Panthers men's basketball team

American college basketball season 2012–13 Pitt men's basketball 2012–13 Pitt women's basketball 2012–13 Pittsburgh Panthers women's basketball team March 2026 August 2023 Basketball 2012–13 Pittsburgh Panthers Pitt Panthers wordmark.svg 150 Big East Conference (1979–2013) Big East 20 24–9 12–6 Jamie Dixon 10th Pat Sandle 12th Brandin Knight 5th Bill Barton 2nd Petersen Events Center(Capacity: 12,508) NCAA tournament round of 64 The 2012–13 Pittsburgh Panthers men's basketball team represented the University of Pittsburgh, widely known as "Pitt", in the 2012–13 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Panthers' head coach was Jamie Dixon, in his 10th year as head coach and 14th overall at Pitt. The team played its home games in the Petersen Events Center in Pittsburgh and was in its final season as a member of the Big East Conference. Pitt played in the ACC the following season. They finished the conference season with 12–6 in the Big East Conference, which they placed 4th. In the postseason, they lost to Syracuse in the quarterfinals of the 2013 Big East men's basketball tournament and lost in the first round of 2013 NCAA tournament to Wichita State to conclude the season with an overall record of 24–9. Roster 2012 Pittsburgh Panthers y y James Robinson basketball, born 1994 y 0 G 6 3 200 fr Mitchellville, Maryland DeMatha Catholic Tray Woodall 1 G 6 0 190 sr Brooklyn, New York St. Anthony (Paterson, New Jersey) yes Cameron Wright 3 G 6 4 205 so Cleveland, Ohio Benedictine yes Durand Johnson 5 F 6 6 195 fr Baltimore Brewster Academy (Wolfeboro, New Hampshire) yes Dante Taylor 11 F 6 9 235 sr Greenburgh, New York National Christian Academy (Oxon Hill, Maryland) Chris Jones 12 G/F 6 6 210 fr Teaneck, New Jersey Teaneck Steven Adams y 13 C 7 0 250 fr Rotorua, New Zealand Notre Dame Prep (Fitchburg, Massachusetts) Aron Nwankwo 15 F 6 7.5 215 jr Baltimore Baltimore City College Lamar Patterson y 21 G/F 6 5 221 jr Lancaster, Pennsylvania St. Benedict's (Newark, New Jersey) yes Trey Zeigler 23 G/F 6 5 203 jr Detroit Mount PleasantCentral Michigan Mike Lecak 24 G 6 2 175 so Pittsburgh North Canyon (Phoenix, Arizona)Wheeling Jesuit Malcolm Gilbert 33 C 6 11 235 so Smyrna, Delaware Academy of the New Church (Bryn Athyn, Pennsylvania) Talib Zanna y 42 F 6 9 230 jr Kaduna, Nigeria Bishop McNamara (Forestville, Maryland) yes J. J. Moore 44 F 6 6 215 jr Brentwood, New York South Kent Prep (South Kent, Connecticut) Jamie Dixon (TCU) Pat Sandle (San Francisco State) Brandin Knight (Pitt) Bill Barton (Salem State) http://www.pittsburghpanthers.com/sports/m-baskbl/mtt/pitt-m-baskbl-mtt.html Schedule Pitt's 2012–13 schedule. http://www.pittsburghpanthers.com/sports/m-baskbl/sched/pitt-m-baskbl-sched.html Pitt Men's Basketball 2012-2013 Schedule PittsburghPanthers.com 2012-10-31 yes yes yes yes |- !colspan=12 style="background:#091C44; color:#CEC499;" | Scrimmage Sun. Oct. 14 2:00 p.m. yes Blue-Gold Scrimmage Petersen Events Center Pittsburgh, PA Fan Fest/Maggie Dixon Heart Health Fair Pitt Panthers TV   Blue 65–55   |- !colspan=12 style="background:#091C44; color:#CEC499;" | Exhibition Fri. Oct. 26 7:00 p.m. 69–54 yes Indiana (PA) Petersen Events Center Pittsburgh Pitt Panthers TV 5,325 0–0 Fri. Nov. 2 7:00 p.m. 77–45 yes Hawaii-Hilo Petersen Events Center Pittsburgh Pitt Panthers TV 6,115 0–0 |- !colspan=12 style="background:#091C44; color:#CEC499;" | Regular season Fri. Nov. 9 6:00 p.m. 80–48 yes Mount St. Mary's Petersen Events Center Pittsburgh ESPN3 8,928 1–0 Mon. Nov. 12 6:00 p.m. 86–51 yes Fordham Petersen Events Center Pittsburgh NIT Season Tip-Off ESPN3 6,425 2–0 Tue. Nov. 13 9:00 p.m. 78-53 yes Lehigh Petersen Events Center Pittsburgh NIT Season Tip-Off ESPNU 7,225 3–0 Sat. Nov. 17 7:00 p.m. 72–62 yes Oakland Petersen Events Center Pittsburgh Pitt Panthers TV OT 9,710 4–0 Wed. Nov. 21 9:30 p.m. 62–67 yes yes Michigan 4 Madison Square Garden New York NIT Season Tip-Off ESPN2 7,230 4–1 Fri. Nov. 23 2:30 p.m. 85–59 yes yes Delaware Madison Square Garden New York NIT Season Tip-Off ESPN 7,198 5–1 Tue. Nov. 27 7:00 p.m. 70–46 yes Howard Petersen Events Center Pittsburgh Pitt Panthers TV/ESPN3 8,025 6–1 Sat. Dec. 1 7:00 p.m. 74–61 yes Detroit Petersen Events Center Pittsburgh ESPN3 9,179 7–1 Wed. Dec. 5 7:00 p.m. 66–45 yes yes Duquesne Consol Energy Center Pittsburgh The City Game ESPN3 13,089 8–1 Sat. Dec. 8 7:00 p.m. 89–47 yes North Florida Petersen Events Center Pittsburgh ESPN3 8,708 9–1 Sat. Dec. 15 7:00 p.m. 89–40 yes Bethune-Cookman Petersen Events Center Pittsburgh ESPN3 8,115 10–1 Wed. Dec. 19 7:00 p.m. 71–43 yes Delaware State Petersen Events Center Pittsburgh Pitt Panthers TV 9,522 11–1 Sun. Dec. 23 5:00 p.m. 59–43 yes Kennesaw State Petersen Events Center Pittsburgh Pitt Panthers TV/ESPN3 8,125 12–1 Mon. Dec. 31 12:00 p.m. 61–70 24 Cincinnati 14 Petersen Events Center Pittsburgh ESPN2 12,510 12–2 (0–1) Sat. Jan. 5 11:00 a.m. 62–67 yes 24 Rutgers Louis Brown Athletic Center Piscataway, New Jersey ESPN2 5,081 12–3 (0–2) Tue. Jan. 8 9:00 p.m. 73–45 yes Georgetown 19 Verizon Center Washington, D.C. ESPNU 13,011 13–3 (1–2) Sat. Jan. 12 12:00 p.m. 67–74 OT Marquette Petersen Events Center Pittsburgh ESPNU 12,513 13–4 (1–3) Wed. Jan. 16 7:00 p.m. 58–43 yes Villanova The Pavilion Villanova, Pennsylvania ESPNU 6,500 14–4 (2–3) Sat. Jan. 19 12:00 p.m. 69–61 Connecticut Petersen Events Center Pittsburgh ESPN2 12,510 15–4 (3–3) Tue. Jan. 22 7:00 p.m. 68–64 yes Providence Dunkin' Donuts Center Providence, Rhode Island ESPN2 7,452 16–4 (4–3) Sat. Jan. 26 4:00 p.m. 93–55 DePaul Petersen Events Center Pittsburgh Root Sports Pittsburgh/ESPN3 12,512 17–4 (5–3) Mon. Jan. 28 7:00 p.m. 61–64 yes Louisville 12 KFC Yum! Center Louisville, Kentucky ESPN 22,411 17–5 (5–4) Sat. Feb. 2 12:00 p.m. 65–55 Syracuse 6 Petersen Events Center Pittsburgh ESPN 12,632 18–5 (6–4) Mon. Feb. 4 9:00 p.m. 56–46 23 Seton Hall Petersen Events Center Pittsburgh ESPNU 10,253 19–5 (7–4) Sat. Feb. 9 6:00 p.m. 62–52 yes 23 Cincinnati 17 Fifth Third Arena Cincinnati ESPN 12,478 20–5 (8–4) Sat. Feb. 16 1:00 p.m. 69–79 yes 16 Marquette 18 BMO Harris Bradley Center Milwaukee CBS 17,308 20–6 (8–5) Mon. Feb. 18 7:00 p.m. 42–51 20 Notre Dame 25 Petersen Events Center Pittsburgh ESPN 12,556 20–7 (8–6) Sun. Feb. 24 12:00 p.m. 63–47 yes 20 St. John's Madison Square Garden New York Root Sports Pittsburgh/ESPN3 9,129 21–7 (9–6) Wed. Feb. 27 7:00 p.m. 64–44 23 South Florida Petersen Events Center Pittsburgh Root Sports Pittsburgh/ESPN3 12,320 22–7 (10–6) Sun. Mar. 3 12:00 p.m. 73–64 OT 23 Villanova Petersen Events Center Pittsburgh Root Sports Pittsburgh/ESPN3 12,553 23–7 (11–6) Sat. Mar. 9 2:00 p.m. 81–66 yes 20 DePaul Allstate Arena Rosemont, Illinois WTAE TV/ESPN3 8,454 24–7 (12–6) |- !colspan=9 style="background:#091C44; color:#CEC499;" |Postseason†2013 Big East men's basketball tournament Thu. Mar. 14 2:00 p.m. yes 17 4 Syracuse 19 5 Madison Square Garden New York City Quarterfinals 20,057 ESPN 59–62 24–8 |- !colspan=9 style="background:#091C44; color:#CEC499;" | NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship Thu. Mar. 21 1:40 p.m. yes 55–73 20 (8) Wichita State (9) yes EnergySolutions Arena Salt Lake City Second Round TBS 18,044 24–9 Eastern Standard Time Division I AP Poll unless otherwise noted. †Postseason ranks represent seeds in the applicable tournament Rankings 2012–13 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings + Ranking movementLegend: ██ Improvement in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking. ██ Not ranked the previous week. rv=Others receiving votes. Poll Pre Wk 1 Wk 2 Wk 3 Wk 4 Wk 5 Wk 6 Wk 7 Wk 8 Wk 9 Wk 10 Wk 11 Wk 12 Wk 13 Wk 14 Wk 15 Wk 16 Wk 17 Wk 18 Wk 19 Final AP rv rv rv rvrv rv rv 24 24 rv rv rv rv 23 16 20 23 20 17 20 n/a Coaches rv rv rv rv rv rv rv 24 22 rv -- rv rv 25 17 22 rv 22 19 22 rv Postseason Pitt was announced as one of the four eight seed in the 2013 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament on Sunday, March 17, 2013. They played in the West Region. Their first game was against nine seed Wichita State University on Thursday, March 21, in Salt Lake City at 1:40 in the afternoon. They lost with a final score of 73 to 55. References Pittsburgh Panthers Category:Pittsburgh Panthers men's basketball seasons Pittsburgh Pittsburgh Pan Pittsburgh Pan Category:2012 in Pittsburgh Category:2013 in Pittsburgh